Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!shelby!neon!neon!peda From: peda@simplicity.Stanford.EDU (Bill Codding) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Two final caveats on QIC-150/tape mixing Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 21:17:07 GMT Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Distribution: comp Organization: None to Speak Of Lines: 17 Sorry if even my summary was confusing, but if 3M (the tape manufacturer) and Archive (the drive manufacturer) can't explain this stuff, I don't hold much of a chance either. Two final notes: 1) The specific tape drive I talked to Archive about was the "Archive 2150S". 2) For myself, the safest route is to use the official QIC-150 tape in this and other QIC-150 drives (the 3M DC6150) and avoid all questions of interchangeability. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Codding (415)493-3554 (w) Research Engineer (415)751-5484 (h) P.E.D.A. peda@simplicity.Stanford.EDU ------------------------------------------------------------------------